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DNO - The My Son Sanctuary World Heritage Management Board recently unveiled initial findings during an archaeological excavation at the Tower Group L in the My Son Sanctuary located in Da Nang’s Thu Bon Commune.
The excavation was licensed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on May 6, 2025.
Accordingly, the My Son Sanctuary World Heritage Management Board coordinated with the Institute for Conservation of Monuments, the Institute of Archaeology, and the C.M. Lerici Foundation to conduct the second phase of the archaeological excavation at Tower Group L from May 9 to July 30 on an area of 150m².
Through the excavation, many pieces of pottery and various types of roof tiles were discovered on the ground and walkways around L1.
The analysis also showed the destruction was caused by natural events and bombs during the war. The wooden roof structure, tiled roof collapsed in the early stages, whilst the walls collapsed later mainly due to bombs and bullets gunfire during the war.
From the initial results, archaeologists determined that the L architectures dated back quite late around the 13th century and may have been used until the early 14th century. This is the first time that the dating of this architecture has been clearly determined through excavation results.
Group L My Son is located on the top of a small hill about 75m south of the central tower groups B, C, D. Since the beginning of the 20th century, researcher Henri Parmentier from the French School of the Far East (EFEO) has recorded the site of group L as a long, tiled room with two opposite openings.
The first excavation was conducted by the C.M. Lerici Foundation (Italy) in 2019. During this excavation, an additional architectural foundation was discovered to the west of the long room known as L.
Archaeologists designated the previously discovered structure as L1 and the later-found foundation as L2. Both L1 and L2 are aligned along the East-West architectural axis and are enclosed by surrounding walls.